Gawain Jones

Author: Gawain Jones

  • Nelson and the Abel Tasman National Park

    Nelson and the Abel Tasman National Park

    Sue’s snowed under with work and got a bad cold so I promised to take over reporting on part three of our New Zealand trip (although Sue’s the one that’s made it look nice with photos etc.). After spending the week with our friends in New Zealand we flew over the Cook Strait to the…

  • London Classic 2013

    London Classic 2013

    Hello all. I’m writing this from Auckland, in the pleasant New Zealand Summer, at my in-laws. I decided to try and give you some Christmas reading with an update on the London Classic from my point of view. NOTE – Currently I’m having a problem with the games relayer here so you can find this report…

  • Collaborating with Chess.com

        As many of you probably know, updates to this website were often also put up on ChessVibes. However, with their owner and editor, Peter Doggers, moving to become Head of Content at Chess.com I’ve decided to follow suit and so you’ll be able to read my articles there as well as here starting with…

  • Return to Iceland

    Return to Iceland

    The first half of the Icelandic League was played a couple of weeks ago and Sue and I made the trip over to play for our team GM Hellir. When I started playing the team was Matar which then merged with Godinn. Just before the start of this season we made another merger and we’re…

  • Dutch Debut

    A couple of weeks ago I played my first game in the Dutch League for SISSA. SISSA are an ambitious team from Groningen who are gunning for promotion to the top division. In the first game of the season we were playing our rivals for the top spot, Kennemer Combinatie, based in Haarlem. I decided…

  • Bradford Chesstival

    Hi guys. I’ve been home for a few weeks now recovering from my busy Summer and sorting out this and that. Of course I’ve also been gripped by the World Cup. Congratulations to Vladimir Kramnik on his deserved victory and well done to the slightly younger Dmitry Andreikin on qualifying for the Candidates. This weekend…

  • British Championships and FIDE World Cup

    British Championships and FIDE World Cup

    I’ve been home for a few days now and so I decided it’s time to look back at my previous two tournaments. The British started somewhat disappointingly when I got bogged down with too many draws. After winning round one, I had a repeat of my final round pairing from the previous year’s tournament with…

  • Scottish Championships

    Scottish Championships

    I know it’s been a long time since the website was last updated and for that I apologise. It’s been a very busy couple of months; Sue started a full time job that has given her very little time to write anything while we moved out of our flat share and into a little 2…